good to see you, steve. we see all of these numbers. are you really surprised by how much has changed here? >> well, i personally am not surprised to the extent that i've been working in the industry and seeing the tremendous growth that's going on in the space. and of course, new regulations in the form of marijuana laws, legal marijuana laws in new states that are allowing medical marijuana. and in states that have had medical allow lying for full legalization or so-called adult use marijuana, specifically in colorado and washington, really explain why we're seeing the legal national marijuana markets on such a huge growth trajectory. >> and people say it is a very bad thing and it could lead to much more serious drugs. and then the tax issue. colorado just voted a tax on legal marijuana sales. do you think that taxes could make it so expensive that some pot smokers just go back underground? >> well, certainly the interaction between tax rates on legal marijuana and what that implies about its pricing versus marijuana in the illicit m